Comments on: Flat Flat Flat Flat

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 22:22:04 +0000

This also explains the existence of Renton (besides Fry’s).

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:09:49 +0000

Mr. F.,
A couple of comments from my (admittedly bizarre) stream of consciousness:
1) You have most of it right…I would take two tubes and a patch kit with you, road or trail. Forget the seat bag thingy..does not look eurofesh, which is important!…wrap the tubes and kit tightly with a rubber band, and tuck the package in a jersey pocket. Keep using a pump..very reliable and they fit demurely on the frame like a well behaved child…seldom seen and never heard.
2) You just showered the world with bad flat karma mojo. I have been thinking a lot lately about tires, tubes, flats, glass, road flotsam/jetsam, etc. lately….but haven’t had a flat in two months. Now I read your blog. I am sure to puncture two of three times today and tomorrow…thanks a lot.

By: Zed

Zed — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:07:01 +0000

Okay, Fatty, I looked into those Armadillos, and it’s like you say, they appear to weigh a ton. Maybe I’ll just stick with the Panaracer Stradius Elite Z’s I’m using right now. Anybody have any comments on road tires that strongly resist flats?
BTW, I used to ride with thorn-resistant tubes on both the front and back tires of my mt bike. I might as well have had concrete in the tubes, but even the goat-heads of Grand Junction couldn’t pierce ‘em.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:47:38 +0000

"Say, you seem like a really fun guy. Maybe you could come along with us next time and give us some pointers."

I’d love to–always up for a ride! You can count on me for not just fun and joviality but also a patch kit and pump. Pointers ain’t my speciality, unless you count "put a patch kit on the bike and leave it there until you need it to prevent not just disasters but just plain ol’ bummers."

Oh, wait; was that sarcasm?

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:50:32 +0000

I have a friend who had three kids from the exact same problem you guys had (he needed a little more rubber).

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By: tayfuryagci

tayfuryagci — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:17:13 +0000

that picture looks cool. it seems like a nice trail.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:33:45 +0000

Google maps is da’ bomb
true dat
DOUBLE TRUE

By: Unknown

Unknown — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:47:36 +0000

there comes a time when one spends more time fixing flats than riding. only carrying a couple tubes and maybe a patch kit solves that problem. ride over, no more time wasted fixing flats.

bob, i got a flat at the bottom of amasa back, just as we got to the car, last ride of fallmoab05. the karate monkey continues to sit in the garage, sad, lonely, rear tire limp and twisted, frame covered in that pinkish southern utah dust.

i’ll fix the flat before spring, but i’m not cleaning it. ever.

By: Big Guy on a Bicycle

Big Guy on a Bicycle — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:12:35 +0000

Hmm. I hardly ever get flat tires while mountian biking (but now that I’ve said that…). Flat shocks, yes. I hope the replacement shock will do the trick, rather than rebuilding the same bad one again.

I was pushed into a blackberry bush during a race once. No flat tire, but I was bleeding profusely from about four dozen cuts along my right side. The pusher lamely claimed it was an accident. My friend claimed that punching him in the face was an accident, too.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:37:29 +0000

Boz – We did have extra tubes with us — we just needed one more. Keep in mind that this is a 90-minute ride. What are the chances of getting four flats on a short ride like that? One in a hundred? One in a thousand? One in two, if you ride over thorns?

Thorn – To answer your question, it’s not very hard at all to carry a patch kit and pump. Say, you seem like a really fun guy. Maybe you could come along with us next time and give us some pointers.